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This article, published in the November 1944 edition of the Boeing Magazine, details the development of the Boeing 377 airliner. Produced at the end of World War II, the 377 Stratocruiser owed its development to the success of earlier Boeing airplanes, such as the B-29.
Creator: Boeing Airplane Company
Date: 1944
This article can be used in conjunction with other material on Boeing to demonstrate how the company worked to translate its wartime success into continued prosperity following World War II.
KS: 11th: 2.4.: understands the role of Kansas aviation companies in World War II
Item Number: 213722
Call Number: K 629.13, B633m
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213722
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Boeing
Business and Industry - Aviation - Research and development
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Aviation companies in World War II (Indicator 4)
Date - 1940s - 1944
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Magazine
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Air Travel - Aeroplanes
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Boeing
Transportation - Air Travel - Military
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines
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